Chest X-Rays
Feb 12th 2007, 10:06 pm
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Chest X-Rays
I passed my medical and chest x-ray and I'm in!! Yay!!
But, I have had really bad pains in my BACK and have given up smoking for a whole week now!
I was convinced said pains were pleurisy again - Owwwww?!
Then was concerned they were more than that?
Looked at chest x-rays and appears to be one side different than the other?
They wouldn't let you in with anything "bad" would they? Not "just" TB but anything else that could require on-going treatment?
But, I have had really bad pains in my BACK and have given up smoking for a whole week now!
I was convinced said pains were pleurisy again - Owwwww?!
Then was concerned they were more than that?
Looked at chest x-rays and appears to be one side different than the other?
They wouldn't let you in with anything "bad" would they? Not "just" TB but anything else that could require on-going treatment?
Feb 12th 2007, 10:17 pm
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Re: Chest X-Rays
I passed my medical and chest x-ray and I'm in!! Yay!!
But, I have had really bad pains in my BACK and have given up smoking for a whole week now!
I was convinced said pains were pleurisy again - Owwwww?!
Then was concerned they were more than that?
Looked at chest x-rays and appears to be one side different than the other?
They wouldn't let you in with anything "bad" would they? Not "just" TB but anything else that could require on-going treatment?
But, I have had really bad pains in my BACK and have given up smoking for a whole week now!
I was convinced said pains were pleurisy again - Owwwww?!
Then was concerned they were more than that?
Looked at chest x-rays and appears to be one side different than the other?
They wouldn't let you in with anything "bad" would they? Not "just" TB but anything else that could require on-going treatment?
Have you got a tooth problem? That can cause terrible backache.
Feb 12th 2007, 11:29 pm
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Re: Chest X-Rays
Hi there. I am a radiographer (used to take lots of chest x-rays until the kids came along!). Trying to explain how the x-ray should look might be confusing but here goes.......!
There should be either an 'L' or 'R' marker to indicate your left or right side on the film.
The central area of the chest should look very white - this is because the spine and the sternum (breast bone) overlay each other and there are lots of dense structures there.
On either side in the central chest should be paler white areas that spread to look sort of like branches - these are the blood vessels supplying the lungs (which are the black areas either side).
The white boot shaped bit at the bottom on the left is your heart and you may be able to see a white 'knuckle' at the top left, coming out of the white central area - this is the aortic knuckle (where the aorta curves and heads down towards the abdomen).
At the bottom should be a 'hump' on each side - this is the diaphragm.
You may see some bubbles of darker 'gas' on the left side under the diaphragm - that's wind in your stomach!!
The film will have been looked at and reported on by a radiologist (a doctor that specialises in looking at x-rays) so if you passed your medical you can be certain it was 'normal'!
Having read through that it sounds a bit like a lecture - sorry! Hope your chest feels better soon - get out here where it's sunny and that'll help!!
There should be either an 'L' or 'R' marker to indicate your left or right side on the film.
The central area of the chest should look very white - this is because the spine and the sternum (breast bone) overlay each other and there are lots of dense structures there.
On either side in the central chest should be paler white areas that spread to look sort of like branches - these are the blood vessels supplying the lungs (which are the black areas either side).
The white boot shaped bit at the bottom on the left is your heart and you may be able to see a white 'knuckle' at the top left, coming out of the white central area - this is the aortic knuckle (where the aorta curves and heads down towards the abdomen).
At the bottom should be a 'hump' on each side - this is the diaphragm.
You may see some bubbles of darker 'gas' on the left side under the diaphragm - that's wind in your stomach!!
The film will have been looked at and reported on by a radiologist (a doctor that specialises in looking at x-rays) so if you passed your medical you can be certain it was 'normal'!
Having read through that it sounds a bit like a lecture - sorry! Hope your chest feels better soon - get out here where it's sunny and that'll help!!
Last edited by Wilma & co; Feb 12th 2007 at 11:31 pm. Reason: spelling!
Feb 13th 2007, 9:48 pm
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Re: Chest X-Rays
Hi there. I am a radiographer (used to take lots of chest x-rays until the kids came along!). Trying to explain how the x-ray should look might be confusing but here goes.......!
There should be either an 'L' or 'R' marker to indicate your left or right side on the film.
The central area of the chest should look very white - this is because the spine and the sternum (breast bone) overlay each other and there are lots of dense structures there.
On either side in the central chest should be paler white areas that spread to look sort of like branches - these are the blood vessels supplying the lungs (which are the black areas either side).
The white boot shaped bit at the bottom on the left is your heart and you may be able to see a white 'knuckle' at the top left, coming out of the white central area - this is the aortic knuckle (where the aorta curves and heads down towards the abdomen).
At the bottom should be a 'hump' on each side - this is the diaphragm.
You may see some bubbles of darker 'gas' on the left side under the diaphragm - that's wind in your stomach!!
The film will have been looked at and reported on by a radiologist (a doctor that specialises in looking at x-rays) so if you passed your medical you can be certain it was 'normal'!
Having read through that it sounds a bit like a lecture - sorry! Hope your chest feels better soon - get out here where it's sunny and that'll help!!
There should be either an 'L' or 'R' marker to indicate your left or right side on the film.
The central area of the chest should look very white - this is because the spine and the sternum (breast bone) overlay each other and there are lots of dense structures there.
On either side in the central chest should be paler white areas that spread to look sort of like branches - these are the blood vessels supplying the lungs (which are the black areas either side).
The white boot shaped bit at the bottom on the left is your heart and you may be able to see a white 'knuckle' at the top left, coming out of the white central area - this is the aortic knuckle (where the aorta curves and heads down towards the abdomen).
At the bottom should be a 'hump' on each side - this is the diaphragm.
You may see some bubbles of darker 'gas' on the left side under the diaphragm - that's wind in your stomach!!
The film will have been looked at and reported on by a radiologist (a doctor that specialises in looking at x-rays) so if you passed your medical you can be certain it was 'normal'!
Having read through that it sounds a bit like a lecture - sorry! Hope your chest feels better soon - get out here where it's sunny and that'll help!!
Feb 13th 2007, 10:23 pm
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Feb 14th 2007, 7:52 am
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Re: Chest X-Rays
Hi there. I am a radiographer (used to take lots of chest x-rays until the kids came along!). Trying to explain how the x-ray should look might be confusing but here goes.......!
There should be either an 'L' or 'R' marker to indicate your left or right side on the film.
The central area of the chest should look very white - this is because the spine and the sternum (breast bone) overlay each other and there are lots of dense structures there.
On either side in the central chest should be paler white areas that spread to look sort of like branches - these are the blood vessels supplying the lungs (which are the black areas either side).
The white boot shaped bit at the bottom on the left is your heart and you may be able to see a white 'knuckle' at the top left, coming out of the white central area - this is the aortic knuckle (where the aorta curves and heads down towards the abdomen).
At the bottom should be a 'hump' on each side - this is the diaphragm.
You may see some bubbles of darker 'gas' on the left side under the diaphragm - that's wind in your stomach!!
The film will have been looked at and reported on by a radiologist (a doctor that specialises in looking at x-rays) so if you passed your medical you can be certain it was 'normal'!
Having read through that it sounds a bit like a lecture - sorry! Hope your chest feels better soon - get out here where it's sunny and that'll help!!
There should be either an 'L' or 'R' marker to indicate your left or right side on the film.
The central area of the chest should look very white - this is because the spine and the sternum (breast bone) overlay each other and there are lots of dense structures there.
On either side in the central chest should be paler white areas that spread to look sort of like branches - these are the blood vessels supplying the lungs (which are the black areas either side).
The white boot shaped bit at the bottom on the left is your heart and you may be able to see a white 'knuckle' at the top left, coming out of the white central area - this is the aortic knuckle (where the aorta curves and heads down towards the abdomen).
At the bottom should be a 'hump' on each side - this is the diaphragm.
You may see some bubbles of darker 'gas' on the left side under the diaphragm - that's wind in your stomach!!
The film will have been looked at and reported on by a radiologist (a doctor that specialises in looking at x-rays) so if you passed your medical you can be certain it was 'normal'!
Having read through that it sounds a bit like a lecture - sorry! Hope your chest feels better soon - get out here where it's sunny and that'll help!!
Feb 14th 2007, 7:22 pm
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Re: Chest X-Rays
No probs! Glad to have been of some help!
And thanks Karonious for your kind words!
And thanks Karonious for your kind words!
Feb 15th 2007, 5:37 am
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Re: Chest X-Rays
I'm rushing off to unearth my chest x-ray now from the photo chest to have a good examine and make sure I'm normal.
It's very weird looking at your own skelaton isn't it!
It's very weird looking at your own skelaton isn't it!
